Budget conference: House seeks reporting requirements on AHCA, and wants to hold back Shevaun Harris’ salary unless the agency complies

In the wake of this year’s Hope Florida scandal , the House wants reports on how the state spends its Medicaid money. And lawmakers want to withhold Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Shevaun Harris’ salary unless that happens.

The language appears in the latest budget offer from the House Health Care Budget Subcommittee.

House budget negotiators proposed language for the state budget that would require the Agency for Health Care Administration ( AHCA ) to enter into a single Medicaid financial data sharing agreement with the Florida Legislature by Sept. 1 this year.

The agency, under the proposed language, must provide lawmakers with significant information, including Medicaid eligibility and claims data, savings rebates, and other supporting information for